Midwifery casebook, Dublin Lying-In Hospital
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1538 S95 |
Held at | : Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ › |
Full title | : Midwifery casebook, Dublin Lying-In Hospital |
Date(s) | : 1781-1786 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 vol. |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1745 Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon and man-midwife, founded the original Dublin Lying-In Hospital as a maternity training hospital, the first of its kind. In 1757 the institution moved to a different location where it became 'The New Lying-In Hospital'. This is the hospital complex that is referred to today as simply 'The Rotunda'.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Midwifery casebook, Aug 1781-Mar 1786, of 'cases extraord[inar]y' in the Lying in Hospital, Dublin and in private practice domiciliary visits 'chiefly among the poor', May 1782-October 1785. Indexed by symptoms.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single volume.
Conditions governing access:
Conditions governing reproduction:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Presented to the College in July 1957 by Dr G P Charlewood, Johannesburg.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2008
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